Einar Tommelstad (19 January 1909 – 7 November 1983) was a Norwegian

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er who competed at the Olympic Games. He represented

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Biography

At the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

he finished eleventh in the high jump final with a jump of 1.84 metres. He became Norwegian high jump champion in 1928, and also won the Norwegian championships in

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in 1930. His personal best jump was 1.92 metres, achieved in July 1928 on

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. Tommelstad finished second behind

Kornél Késmárki Kornél Vilmos Késmárki (28 October 1903 – 1965) was a Hungarian athlete who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Biography Késmárki competed in the men's high jump at the 1928 Olympics games in Amsterdam. Késmárki won the Bri ...

in the high jump event at the British

1929 AAA Championships The 1929 AAA Championships was the 1929 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 5 to 6 July 1929 at Stamford Bridge (stadium), Stamford Bridge in London, En ...

References

1909 births 1983 deaths Norwegian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub